Abstract: A multi-compartmented propel container is provided for a viscous product, such as gels, creams, etc. that maintain separate certain components of the product during storage and allows combination of the components just prior to use. The container includes multiple compartments and a turning mechanism that propels the components of the product simultaneously from the separate compartments into a dispensing outlet where the components come together in admixture and are then ready for application by a user. The turning mechanism also can be structured to allow for repel of the product components, if desired.

Abstract: The use of an adhesive tape as a bandaging tape for cables, the cables having a PVC-free sheathing including a PVC-free backing to at least one side of which a pressure-sensitive, acrylate-based adhesive composition has been applied, the adhesive tape causing no damage to the sheathing when bonded to the cables at a temperature of at least 100° C. and for a duration of at least 240 h.

Abstract: Nonwoven-based backing material especially for adhesive tape, comprising a tape-shaped nonwoven-based backing having at least one polymer-base stripe surficially applied to it on either or both of its sides.

Abstract: The use of an adhesive tape as a bandaging tape for cables, the cables having a PVC-free sheathing comprising a PVC-free backing to at least one side of which a pressure-sensitive, acrylate-based adhesive composition has been applied, said adhesive tape causing no damage to the sheathing when bonded to the cables at a temperature of at least 100° C. and for a duration of at least 240 h.

Abstract: A decorative lighting arrangement includes a support, especially a stake driven into the ground, and a lighting fixture including a socket and a light bulb mounted in the socket. A coupling connects the lighting fixture to the support so that the light bulb and at least a predominant portion of the socket are disposed upwardly of an upper region of the support to be visible thereat.

Abstract: An arrangement for mounting decorative lights on a variety of external building structures, including roof shingles, soffits, vinyl or metal gutters or the like, includes a mounting member having a support portion including at least one substantially cylindrical confining portion for receiving a portion of the respective decorative light. The mounting member further includes a mounting portion including a central portion extending substantially along the same plane as the support portion, and a pair of angled lateral portions flanking the central portion and extending out of the plane and back to it as considered in a direction away from the support portion. The central portion and the pair of lateral portions are operative for engaging oppositely facing surfaces of the respective building structure to at least frictionally detain the mounting member and, thus, the decorative light in place on the building structure.

Abstract: An arrangement for mounting decorative items on cylindrical supports available at the premises to be decorated includes an elongated strap that is flexible for winding around the respective cylindrical support, and a fixture secured to one end of the strap and carrying a hook-shaped formation for suspending the decorative item therefrom. The strap has a series of ratchet-type teeth on one of its major surfaces, and the fixture has an aperture for the passage of the strap therethrough after having been wound around the cylindrical support. The fixture also includes a pawl-type holding member mounted thereon for pivoting between an engaging position in which it engages at the aperture behind one of the teeth of the strap, and a releasing position in which it frees the strap for unimpeded passage through the aperture.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a microbicidal agent containing polymeric quaternary ammonium borate, obtained by simultaneous reaction of amines of the formula I or II ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 to R.sup.7 and A are as defined in the description, with 1 to 20 mol of ethylene oxide or propylene oxide and 0.6 to 1.5 mol of boric acid, boric acid esters or salts of boric acid, in each case per mole of nitrogen equivalent, as a preservative and/or disinfectant for industrial products and industrial plants.